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Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but those are the beginning terms of the Fibonacci sequence[1], without the leading zero. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by atuladhar 16y ago
Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but those are the beginning terms of the Fibonacci sequence[1], without the leading zero.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_sequence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_sequence
- bjonathan 16y agoThank you both for your answers! I wasnt being sarcastic at all, my poor brain didn't seem prepare to spot a Fibonacci sequence in a list of "Top Gawker passwords" .
- corin_ 16y agoMy favourite thing about this is how those 70 users must have been feeling quite smug and superior about how they chose their password, without realising 69 others had done exactly the same thing.
- iamdave 16y agoA little anecdote about feeling smug and superior: During that facebook meme last week where everyone was posting numbers and replying with a comment about whichever friend sent them said number, a friend posted the sequence. I called it out for what it was, and he replies "I figured of all people it'd be you who would catch that". I felt pretty good after that. Why I can't tell you but I did.
- rewind 16y agoIt's like the people who think they're displaying their above-average understanding of probability by choosing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 for their lottery numbers. It will be a very happy then a very sad day for a lot of people if those numbers ever hit!
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoThere's a leading zero in the Fibonacci sequence? I thought it started 1,1,2